Russian Emergencies Minister In Emergency Plane Landing

Russia’s Emergencies Minister faced an emergency of his own when his plane lost power to one of its engines. Vladimir Puchkov was flying Fr...

Dr Dre Revealed As Highest Paid Musician 2012

Dr. Dre has topped the list of richest musicians in the world in the annual Forbes list. The rapper and musical entrepreneur was reveal...

R Kelly Announces Plans For 'Trapped In The Closet' Book

R Kelly has said that he is writing a prequel book to his hip-hop opera Trapped In The Closet. Speaking to Fast Company, via Pitchfork, t...

One Direction Announces New Fragrance, Gives Justin Bieber Serious Competition

Sorry Justin Bieber, but it looks like you’re going to face some serious competition in the teen fragrance market next year. One Directi...

Holy Scenes: German Producers Plan Pope Benedict Biopic

Two German producers have bought the film rights to an upcoming biography of Pope Benedict by the Bavarian author of three best-selling i...

Katy Perry Named Billboard's Woman Of The Year

Katy Perry has been named Billboard's Woman of the Year. The 'Teenage Dream' singer feels ''honoured'' to hav...

Halle Berry Will Pay Gabriel Aubry's Medical And Legal Bills

Halle Berry and Olivier Martinez have agreed to pay for all of Gabriel Aubry's legal and medical bills. The 'Cloud Atlas' sta...

Carrie Underwood Cast As Maria In New 'Sound Of Music'

Next year's holiday season will have televisions everywhere alive with "The Sound of Music" -- as sung by Carrie Underw...

Adele's "21" Sells 10 Million, Rihanna Leads Billboard

British singer and Grammy darling Adele reached the 10 million sales mark in the United States on Wednesday with her heartbreak album &q...

Marvel Release New Official Images Of Patriot Armour From The Highly Anticipated Iron Man 3

After months of sneak peeks and teasers Marvel have finally released official stills of Iron Man 3. The metal superhero will be flying...

More Than 100 Graves Robbed In Benin for Voodoo Rituals

Tomb raiders have dug up more than 100 graves at a cemetery in Benin since Saturday for what authorities suspect is a black-market trade ...

Joe Jackson Suffers Mild Stroke

Joe Jackson is reportedly recovering well after suffering a mild stroke. The 84-year-old Jackson family patriarch was rushed to a Las Veg...

Syria Throws Kill Switch On Internet

Opposition activists and monitoring firms say Syria has cut internet and phone services for the first time since the civil war started mo...

China Bans Vulgar Game Show

Chinese regulators suspended a broadcaster Friday after an unaired segment of a TV game show was leaked online showing a raucous shouting...

American Football Players Using Viagra?

Football players may have found a use for Viagra outside of the bedroom, according to Chicago Bears' wide receiver Brandon Marshall. ...

Australia's New Plain Packaging Makes Cigarettes Taste Worse

Australia's new plain packaging for cigarettes – which becomes mandatory from Saturday - have been branded "disgusting" b...

Dominique Strauss-Kahn To Pay New York Maid $6 million

Dominique Strauss-Kahn Dominique Strauss-Kahn has reportedly agreed to pay a $6 million settlement to the New York hotel maid whose ac...

Wages Of Sin: Civil Defence Corps Man Dies On Top Of Girl Friend

Officials of the Nigerian Civil Defence Corps, Calabar, over the weekend monted a manhunt for a lady who allegedly had marathon sex with th...

Chinese Killed In Lagos, Wife Shot

Gunmen shot and killed a Chinese businessman at Ogudu area of Lagos on Wednesday night, Nigerian Police spokesperson said. Two other Chines...

Teenager Stabbed His Mum 94 Times Then Blamed It On Mystery Drugs Gang

A boy of 16 murdered his mother by knifing her 94 times in an attack that first immobilised her by cutting her spinal cord, a court heard...

Texas Seeks Control Of Polygamist Sect Leader Warren Jeffs' Ranch

Warren Jeffs Texas wants ownership of Warren Jeffs' massive ranch where prosecutors say the convicted polygamist sect leader and hi...

Assange Has Chronic Lung Infection; Still Holed Up In Ecuadorian Embassy

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has developed a chronic lung infection and requires constant medical attention at his refuge in the Ecua...

FEC approves N2.2bn Banquet hall For Presidential Villa

The Federal Executive Council, yesterday, approved the construction of a new banquet hall in the Presidential Villa for the sum of N2.2 ...

2 Banks Terminally Sick – NDIC

Two undisclosed banks have been said to be terminally ill, as they had negative capital adequacy ratio in 2011. This is just as deposit m...

University Of Lagos Ranks 9th Position Among the Top 10 Universities In Africa

A recent ranking of African Universities by Africa.com has placed the University of Lagos in the 9th position. Cairo University, Egypt ra...

Jamie Foxx Calling Obama 'Lord And Savior' Blasphemy

Jamie Foxx, the prominent American stand-up comedian, has requested the Christian religious activists of his nation to take it easy after...

Bobbi Kristina Brown In Crash That Sent Car Off The Road

Bobbi Kristina Brown, daughter of the late Whitney Houston, was cited by police after being involved in a car accident Wednesday in whic...

Mom Convicted Of Killing Her Two Kids Gets Two Life Terms In Prison

A Colorado mother has been convicted of murdering her two young children because she was distraught over her impending divorce. Kelli Mur...

PDP Gets New BOT Chairman Today

Barring any last minute change, a new chairman of the Board of Trustees (BOT) of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will emerge to...

Outrage As 85-Yr-Old Man Allegedly Rapes 12-Yr-Old Girl

There is outrage in Okesa area of Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, following allegations that an 85-year old man, Pa Samuel Oladipupo, a...

Switzerland Is The Best Place To Be Born In The World...Nigeria Is Worst

People born in Switzerland will tend to be the happiest and have the best quality of life judged in terms of wealth, health and trust in ...

France To Open World’s First Mosque For The gay Community

Mohammed Ludovic Lütfi Zahed (right), an Algerian Muslim living in France who is married to his gay partner Qiyam al-Din (left), hopes to...

Jessica Simpson Is Pregnant Again! Singer Expecting Second Child With Fiancé Eric Johnson: Report

Singer Jessica Simpson is reportedly pregnant, seven months after giving birth to her first baby. “It definitely wasn't planned,” a...

Ehm...That's New: NIMET Warns Of Dehydration During Dry Season

As the dry season sets in, the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET) has warned against dehydration and respiratory disorder. The Agency a...

India's Poster Boy For Vegetarianism – He's Just Fathered A Child At 96

The world's oldest father has been recruited by activists in India who maintain lifelong vegetarians retain their "vigour" ...

Supergrass Who Held Key To Huge Russian Fraud Is Found Dead...He's The FOURTH Person Linked To Multi-Million Pound Tax Fraud To Die Mysteriously

Alexander Perepilichnyy, 44, collapsed in his cul-de-sac after helping prosecutors investigate corrupt Russian tax officials A Russian ...

10 Killed At Beer Parlour In Jos

Following the gruesome killing of eight people at a beer parlour in Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State on Monday night, t...